Rizaburo Toyoda
Appearance
Risaburo Toyoda (豊田 利三郎, Toyoda Risaburō[1], March 5, 1884 – June 3, 1952) was a Japanese entrepreneur. He was the son-in-law of Toyota Industres Co., Ltd founder Sakichi Toyoda, and brother-in-law of Toyota Motor Corporation founder, Kiichiro Toyoda (豊田 喜一郎, Toyoda Kiichirō, June 11, 1894 – March 27, 1952).
He graduated from Hitotsubashi University (then Tokyo Koto Shogyo Gakko) .In 1939, he became the first president of the Toyota Motor Corporation[2].He died at the age of 68 in 1952.
See also
References
- ^ 豊田利三郎 とよだ りさぶろう デジタル版 日本人名大辞典+Plusの解説(Japanese)
- ^ 豊田 利三郎 トヨダ リサブロウ 世紀日本人名事典の解説(Japanese)
- Shirouzu, Norihiko. "Toyota Family Member Vies for the Top Job," Wall Street Journal. December 24, 2008.
- International Directory of Business Biographies: Shoichiro Toyoda
- Shirouzu, Norihiko and John Murphy. "Toyota to Change Leader Amid Global Sales Slump." Wall Street Journal. December 24, 2008.
- Kubo, Nobuhiro and Chang-Ran Kim. "Toyota confirms Akio Toyoda as New President," Reuters. June 23, 2009.